The denomination’s general secretary on why people may be distancing themselves from the church
May 9, 2023
Canada’s largest Protestant denomination is shrinking the fastest. The latest census paints a grim picture of The United Church of Canada, which lost a whopping 40 percent of affiliates between 2011 and 2021, falling to 1.2 million people from roughly two million.
“Affiliates” are people who self describe in the census as having a United Church identity, but they may never go to church. In the same 10-year time period, the United Church tracked membership dropping from about 480,000 to roughly 350,000 people, and church attendance declining from over 165,000 to under 120,000 people.
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